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Both mechanical and chemical. Chewing, also called mastication, is using your teeth with the help of your tongue to break down food into smaller particles, and the other a chemical process where salivary amylase which is a digestive enzyme that helps break down carbohydrates.
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∙ 13y agoThe body begins digestion in the mouth by breaking down food and exposing it to certain digestive enzymes. Amylase for starch digestion and lipase for fat digestion are enzymes found in human saliva. For humans, it is especially important to thoroughly chew cooked starches, such as pasta, bread, or baked potatoes, because much of our starch digestion occurs in the mouth.
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What is needed for the mouth digestion to occur?
Saliva
What organ does mechanical digestion occur in?
Stomach and Mouth
Where do chemical digestion occur on your bodies?
somewhere in the mouth
Where does most CHO digestion occur in the body?
Mouth
What types digestion occur in the mouth?
The body begins digestion in the mouth by breaking down food and exposing it to certain digestive enzymes. Amylase for starch digestion and lipase for fat digestion are enzymes found in human saliva. For humans, it is especially important to thoroughly chew cooked starches, such as pasta, bread, or baked potatoes, because much of our starch digestion occurs in the mouth.
Where does chemicl digestion occur?
in the mouth (saliva) in the stomach (stomach acid)
Chemical and mechanical digestion of food occur int he stomach?
no in the mouth
Where does digestion first occur?
Digestion of food starts in the mouth. Saliva contains an enzyme that helps breakdown food.
What areas of the body does mechanical digestion occur?
mouth,stomach and small intestine
Where and how does hydrolysis occur during digestion?
In your mouth, amalyze chemically digests new food through your spit. This is a form of hydrolysis in digestion.
How does digestion occur throughout the digestion system?
to see how food from your mouth gets broken into pieces and come put of the body as human waste
Is a chemical digestion occur only in the small intestine is that true or false?
No, digestion begins in the mouth but also occurs in the stomach and small intestine.
